A federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of a gas driller in a case in which a landowner objected to drilling within the meadow in which she had scattered her husband’s ashes because there was no evidence that the objection was made on time.
Plaintiff Lori J. Meeko, a Bradford County, Pa., landowner who contracted in April 2008 for her 67 acres of land to be developed for gas and oil drilling, sued Southwestern Energy Production for breach of contract and other causes of action. An addendum to the lease provides that Meeko reserved the right to approve the location of all well sites, access roads “and related appliances constructed or installed on the leased premises.”
